Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-15

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GIVING Up THE BATH ROOM 10 "NIGGERsn
She suggested to him that he should take care OF
his Office and let her look after the affairs OF her
| mouse. Then he said to her, 'sIf you go ON like
this IN have to put you into lunatlc asylum"
~, Notlcing Mr. Emmons shake his head slightly,
mrs. Emm0ns hustled up and said "YOu didn't,
qua you? Well you can come up here and prove
saw by his tone and manner that he meant some
thing or that there was something In 1t. She said
when her husband went away that morning she
sent at once for Mr.. James Lowndes, q lawyer.
Sne told Mr.. Lowndes OF the circumstances relat.
| Ing TO her husbands correspondence with the
Philadelphia woman and then placed the papers
| in his hands. Mr.. Arnold Hague, a friend Of her
"What did you tell Mr.. Lowndes," asked Mr..
Garrett.
81 told him" said the witness shat If I were
mao or dead or put in lunatIc asylum that he
and put out these letters to show why was con-
| nned" When her husband came home she told
| him what she had done.
Here turning to Mir. Emmons she asked: "Can
you shake your head against that, Mr.. Emmons?"
| Mr.. EmmonS made no sign.
went on: "He won't go on the stand and have to
act for him."
LAT did Mr.. Emmons says" asked MI.
II don't remember that he said anything. 10.
member only that he pulled his moustache."
MR.. RMNoNs PROPOSES DIVORCE
| Referring again to the interview on the morning
when she built the fire she said, SIT was at that
morning that he said 4 want you to use those let
tiers and get divorce He knew very well that
| after had cOndoned the fault would not get q
| divorce, or at least he ought to have known it. I
told him that did not want divorce: had told
him previously that while his mother lived would
not get divorce. He said, 4 wish you to get a
divorce, think he said 4 order you to get a d.
vorce.' said, writ down on what terms shall
get divorce and Eli see about it, He wrote down
| unat Inc Mouse, 1JS2 Vermont avenue was to be
mine entirely and that other things that belonged
/ tn ,rfo-
| Nh LowndeS q her Ii she wished to get mar.
ried again. Witness said she did not. Then Mr..
| legal separation" Then the matter came I'm and
MI. Linden Kent was Mr. EmmOns legal adviser.
~ was after that, said Mrs Emmons, referring
| to Mr.. Kent, ''that told my husband that he
ought not to employ that man."
| THE ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT FOR SEPARATION.
Mr.. Garnett here read the articles of agreement
for separation, drawn up and dated November
2Sth, 1885, and signed by s. F. Emmons, weltha
A. Emmons as parties OF first and second part,
and James Lowndes as trustee. This set forth
that ''such unhappy differences now exist between
ene parry .. "a. lilst part ana the party of the
as man and wife" MIR Emmons agreed TO transfer
TO Mrs. Emmons the furniture, silverware, &C., OF
their house, and good title to the house 1922
| exercising marital rights. and to 1--we apart
Mrs. Emmons agrees to abstain from demanding
conJugal rights 'to deliver to the party OF the first
part Tor cancellation certain papers now In the
possession OF the counsel OF the party OF the first
part" and further TO release her dowry. The
papers referred to, she said, were the letters to
| the PHILADELPHIA woman. She had them spoken Of
as 'DaperS' to save her husband II the agree
ment was filed in court and the word lettersSwa
| in 1t, people would Want to know what the let
tiers were. Explaining why the agreement was
not carried out, she said she was not given what
den Kent Mr.. Emmons proposed to give her life
estate in the house She said she delivered at once
To lie. husband the letters or "papers."
HELPED HER HUSBAND BURN THE LETTERS.
10 pnfr harrn in tho
same little room where all these transactions oc-
CURED. 1t was called my boudoir. He put them
in the crate, and brought some kindling. There
fore helped him to burn them"
questions about her maids and companions, Mrs.
.nmons drew long sigh and exclaimed sob dear!
companions have been the bane of my Life" She
gave humorous description OF French maid who
could not speak French, and q companion who
| ha not energy enough to fan herself. Mrs. En-
mon gave her version of interviews with Dr. Kemp
,Ier and DR.. Marion Sims, OF New YORK. AS to the
Christmas tree incident, she said the old shoes
were good pair Of shoes, which were too tight
give to the servants, and she put them the tree
She said Dr.. Sims came TO The house at Christmas
thought more OF the tree than OF the doctor She
did not want to keep him. He said: II have an
engagement" Linden Kent said the same thing
one time.
MRS. EMMoNs LAUGHS
Here the witness laughed long time and COW
cred her face with a handkerchief 81 know the
joke" she said. 'but he doesn't"
DR.. Sims came back in the afternoon. Dr. Sims
said, '.you are Just in nervous condition. You
not then know what he meant. He said he had a
nIcnd Iii washington who could treat nervous
people. She said she wanted no doctors, as she
could take care OF herself. But she was willing TO
meet his friend. So he came and brought Dr.
hempster. Tne witness here broke out quite EN-
-" here she checked herself and then going on
said: 'sYOu know it was he that got Mr.. Emmons
into all this stupidity or else Mr.. Emmons is in-
sane bimsnlf-and that DeCornis woman" she
added spitefully,
A BUNDLE OF NERVES.
DR.. Sims introduced Dr.. Kempster to her and he
remembered his saying CDR. Kempster here is lit
tie woman WHO'S bundle Of nerves and have per-
nerves. But did not need doctor for nerves so
did not call him. But he came the next day."
When asked about DR.. kempsters striking his
and said: "Bless my soul, his head is so hard, it
couldn't be hurt by an umbrella" She said
that she talkedt about the umbrella In the
American fashion OF bOasting about the largeness
OF these things, She told him ''thatS the largest
Japanese umbrella I'm America"
@ % Gaef sesa psr IN Rsg sR
times hesttated in her speech and she said she
lsped when young and now sometimes when
she talked fast, fell to lsping.
81 never she said twas put to talking so fast
and don't like it."
CATCHING GEN. HAzEN
she said, was one given to her by her husband,
and it was pretty and she liked it. 81 asked" she
said "to find out how cold 1t was outside and then
catch Gen. Hazen." Some day some one broke the
thermometer and she put 1t on the tree as q ne.
proach, also to show that she had forgiven Rich
people, she said, had their trees on Christmas.
Hers was for the poor, and she postponed her tree
until the 26th when those who served the rich ct
their tree could come and attend. When "that
Kempster" came she was tired. Speaking OF the
Christ child incident She said the little cOlored
boy Arnold came TO- where she was sitting and
asked when she was going to light the tree. She
took the child up on her lap and then sthiS Kemp
ster" began asking her foolish questions She told
fable about the Christ child He said, show can
you endure to be fond or little ngger?" She SAID
"ThiS child saves me much This is my little Christ
child. 1t saves me much. Then commenced to
bluff the stupid man. He hadn't wit enough to
understand He did not even ask me what
meant.
HE JUST TOOK IT ALL M"
she said, and continued: 'That child did save me
much, and I knew 1t when said it Because II
wanted anything he would trot down stairs and
tell his mother. He saved me In labor; saved me
in work. said 1t was my Christmas child for
got the Christmas tree up on his account or made
him an excuse for having the treeIn Here Mrs
EmmOns looked straight &c MI. Garnett and asked:
"DOeS the black rub on from clean negro
child9" Then she went on: "You said yes by nod \
ding your head. Does it, I say 1t does not"
BLACK AND WHITE.
81 would like to know when people are dead and
have laid OF their skins whether It makes any df.
ference to God whether their skins are black or
White?n